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An ample Great Barrier Reef coral offers hope amidst climate change
A coral the size of a carousel is the widest known in the Great Barrier Reef. Found just off the coast of Goolboodi Island in Northeast Australia, this reef-building Porites measures 10.4 meters in diameter — earning it the nickname Muga dhambi, or “big coral,” from the Indigenous custodians of the island, the Manbarra people. In addition to its record-setting width, Muga dhambi stands a little over 5 meters tall, making it the sixth tallest coral in the Great Barrier Reef, researchers report August 19 in Scientific Reports. “It’s a stand-alone coral … and we don’t see many that size,” says marine scientist Nathan Cook of Reef Ecologic, a climate…
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Bull Moose owner apologizes for firing entire store and offers staff jobs back | Business
The owner of a popular local retail chain that abruptly fired staff in May at a New Hampshire store apologized Friday and said the company has offered everyone their jobs back. “A few weeks ago, Bull Moose suddenly terminated 20 people in Salem,” owner Brett Wickard said in a statement posted on the retail store’s social media platforms. “[A]nd while that really didn’t sound like us, it was, and we must take responsibility for that. We are sorry that we did not act anywhere near how we want to be as a company.” × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium…
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Lighthouse Homeschool Offers Free Calif. Homeschooling Curriculum for Summer 2021
OJAI, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Due to the recent explosion in homeschool learning, Lighthouse Homeschool Solutions, a division of Lighthouse Learning Solutions, LLC, is offering a free online curriculum for the summer of 2021. While kids were forced to go online for school in 2020 and into 2021, many families found they actually preferred learning from home. As a result, they’re looking into ways to keep it going. That’s why Lighthouse Homeschool Solutions has decided to offer a way for families to test the waters first – for free. This new online program can bring ease and enjoyment to what, for some, can seem a daunting enterprise. As parents face…
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Lighthouse Homeschool Solutions Offers Free Homeschool Curriculum for Summer 2021 | National
OJAI, Calif., May 17, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Due to the recent explosion in homeschool learning, Lighthouse Homeschool Solutions, a division of Lighthouse Learning Solutions, LLC, is offering a free online curriculum for the summer of 2021. While kids were forced to go online for school in 2020 and into 2021, many families found they actually preferred learning from home. As a result, they’re looking into ways to keep it going. That’s why Lighthouse Homeschool Solutions has decided to offer a way for families to test the waters first – for free. This new online program can bring ease and enjoyment to what, for some, can seem a daunting enterprise.…
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League of Women Voters offers online guide to school board elections
Delaware’s League of Women Voters has a user-friendly guide to help guide First State residents through upcoming school board elections. School districts across the state hold their school board elections May 11, 2021. And the League’s Vote411 website offers candidate biographies, a list of polling places and a list of candidate forums. “The tool includes the candidates’ background,” said chair of the League’s voting and elections initiative Jill Itzkowitz. “It also includes – we ask questions to the candidates and it gives their opinions on the future of school boards, what they envision the future should be.” The League wants to highlight these elections because they historically have very…
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Gilbert offers free education to those impacted by COVID-19
GILBERT, AZ — Tourism, hospitality, restaurants and many more positions in the service industry are all struggling to rebound amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many people in Arizona have lost jobs because of this or the way the job is done is different. The town of Gilbert is looking to ensure the community can re-skill themselves or get a new career altogether with a free program called #GilbertTogether Resident Career Training Scholarship. “For a portion there, my business was null, like… it stopped,” said Gilbert resident Jackie Wheeler. “It completely just like… stopped.” That is because her business is built on connection and strong visuals. “So that’s personal shopping, wardrobing, packing,…
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW OFFERS NON-ATTORNEYS AN ONLINE LEGAL EDUCATION : LAist
(Chris Shinn) As a career human resources executive, Sonia Miranda, 43, felt like she needed a legal education—but not quite a law degree. As USC’s director of human resources for Auxiliary Services, she’s what you might consider “law adjacent,” collaborating with leaders within the university in regard to human capital, especially in labor relations and employment issues. Miranda said she first became interested in law in 2004, when she worked at Marriott and was participating in union negotiations as a translator. “I quickly realized that without having some knowledge and background in law, I had a significant disadvantage in really in many aspects of my life, not just my professional…
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